Train operator Chiltern Railways has issued strong guidance to customers to only travel if absolutely essential on the day of RMT strike action. The guidance is in effect on Wednesday 27 July.
On this day, there will be extremely limited availability of staff and as such we will not be able to operate services on most routes. There will be no service north of Banbury or beyond Oxford Parkway. Services will finish much earlier than usual.
Passengers seeking to travel to Leamington Spa, Oxford or Birmingham New Street on this day can join an hourly CrossCountry service at Banbury, which our terminating services will connect to.
We expect to have significantly less staff to service and prepare the number of trains we would normally need to operate the timetable. Coupled with the fact we are unable to position our fleet how we normally would, this means that there will be a later start to our service on Thursday 28 July.
Chiltern Railways strongly advises customers to consider their journey and seek alternative methods of transport, but in cases where rail travel is a necessity, to check their travel plans and last train home on the Chiltern Railways website (www.chilternrailways.co.uk) or app.
An amended timetable will be available online shortly.
Travel guidance for subsequent industrial action may differ, and this will be announced in due course.
More information and FAQs can be found on www.chilternrailways.co.uk/strike.
Service levels – Wednesday 27 July (subject to change)
- Service starts at 08:15AM
- Last trains from Marylebone:
15:15 to Banbury
16:00 to Oxford Parkway via Bicester Village
16:15 to Bicester North
16:35 to Aylesbury Vale Parkway via High Wycombe
- 3 trains per hour from London:
1 train to Banbury/Bicester North
1 train to Aylesbury Vale Parkway via High Wycombe
1 train to Oxford Parkway via Bicester Village
There will also be one train per hour between Amersham and Aylesbury.